The Bird Feeder

[CT_Shooter]

For some birds, the bird feeder is a place to find other birds to eat.

Predator's Bird Feeder.jpg

[Ojaileveraction]

Looks like a first year Coopers Hawk.
Love those accipiters.

[markiver54]

Got that right Stan! The wife loves feeding and watching all the birds. We have feeders and suet cakes out, so that sight is not uncommon to us either.
I do love Raptors though.

[markiver54]

Looks like a first year Coopers Hawk.
Love those accipiters.

I like your new avatar Tim.

[BigAl52]

Happens all the time in my backyard. Have a big hawk that patrols the area from the field north of the house.I see the feather remains in the backyard under the big pine tree.

[North Country Gal]

Even saw those Cooper Hawks when I lived in suburban Chicago. They made a good living by setting up routes of all the backyard bird feeders. I still see them up, here, out in the north woods, but actually not as often as I saw them in Chicago. Very adaptable bird.

[Ojaileveraction]

Coopers and Sharpies were once considered too shy and nervous of people to ever nest near people.
It's all about habitat.
Sloping hillsides, mature trees, and water.

[North Country Gal]

Good point. The Chicago suburbs are laced with wooded waterways, mainly as a result of county forest preserves. Lots of good nesting habitat for Coopers and other wildlife, right adjacent to the busy city.